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"But that does not mean that he renounced ain

"What else does it mean, Myra?" asked Don Carlos "I told him Cojuelo

is madly in love with you, as I have said, and that if he accepted his

freedoiven you up

Yet he is going True, he talked about organizing a rescue party,

swore he would kill Cojuelo if any har, but that was mere empty talk The whole point is, as I said

in the first place, that he is prepared, in effect, to surrender you to

El Diablo Cojuelo as the price of his own freedom and safety"

"I cannot--I will not--believe it," said Myra fir to her

feet "Not until I hear Tony say himself that he is prepared to

renounce me will I believe it Letand putting on his disguise "I

will take you to him Let me remind you, however, of your promise not

to reveal the fact that Don Carlos and El Diablo Cojuelo are one and

the same I hold you to both of your pro to marry us Come!"